Meaning and history
Tanika is a modern feminine name used in African American and South Asian communities, but its origin is not uniform. In English it may be an invented name built from popular phonetic elements, while in India it can represent Sanskrit-derived forms whose proposed meanings vary by spelling and language. Claims of one universal ancient translation are therefore unreliable. Notable bearers include Canadian singer-songwriter Tanika Charles and British playwright Tanika Gupta.
19971997: no US SSA record for this spelling
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2006: 14 births, rank #8,237
20072007: 17 births, rank #7,394
2008: 11 births, rank #10,084
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
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20122012: 5 births, rank #16,869
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
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2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: 7 births, rank #12,876
Tanika moved from #735 to #844 for girls between 1983 and 1984. Its highest annual birth count came in 1982, with 314 births.